Wu Sangui's military horses of more than 20,000 people came from far away from Liaodong, and it was impossible for him to carry a large amount of grain and grass, and he had to be supplied by the local government.

This job is a great responsibility, if it is a great job in the Ming army, it is often a choke on the throat of the army, and there is enough oil and water, and a little up and down its hands can earn a heavy pocket. No matter how high-ranking the generals are polite to the grain and grass transfer, for fear of offending people and deliberately delaying, once the army is short of grain and grass, the consequences are disastrous, this is not counted, once it affects the battle plan, the above traces, the commander of the army must be the first to take the blame, and the person in charge of grain and grass is generally in the DPRK and China has a deep relationship, often served by eunuchs, even if there is a mistake, it is gently carried over, and the responsibility is put on the leading generals.

But in the Qing army, this set will not work, the person in charge of transporting grain dares to do this, he will definitely be cut off on the spot by the leading general, and the nobles of the Eight Banners leading the troops will not be able to be stumped by a few Han grain transport officials.

Therefore, although the leader of the troops at this time was Wu Sangui of the Han army, he was still full of prestige, and the dignified governor of Shaanxi could only follow him behind his horse's buttocks, without any status.

Wu Sangui's cronies and generals didn't care much about Huang Er's nature, and they ignored his existence and gathered around Wu Sangui, gradually separating him farther away.

Closely following Wu Sangui were the people he trusted the most, including his son-in-law Xia Guoxiang and general Li Benshen.

Xia Guoxiang is nineteen years old, with red lips and white teeth, handsome and chic, tall and strong, he was born in Jiangmen, his ancestral home is in Hebei, his father was originally a general of the Hebei General Army, and died in the battle with Li Zicheng, at that time Xia Guoxiang was still young, after losing his father, his mother took him to exile, defected to relatives in Liaodong, grew up in the war between the Ming army and Houjin, and learned a skill, but unfortunately there is no background at home, there is no way to serve the country, and he is a small flag in Yuan Chonghuan's army, Yuan Chonghuan was lit by Emperor Chongzhen after the sky lantern, he took refuge in Wu Sangui, Wu Sangui knew people and knew people, thought that this was a genius, included him in the army, and recruited him as a son-in-law, and introduced him as a cronie.

Wu Sangui also loved his talents, took him with him, taught him earnestly in practice, and hoped that he could become successful as soon as possible.

Therefore, the young Xia Guoxiang was able to walk side by side with a group of Liaodong generals at this time, riding Wu Sangui's side, and discussing the military situation when patrolling the camp was also one of Wu Sangui's habits.

"Lord Wang, this Sanyuan County is in the west of Xi'an City, close to the Qinling Mountains, and hundreds of miles away from the place where the thieves in northern Shaanxi may attack, what is the reason why we are stationed here?" Xia Guoxiang saw that all the people around him were old people from Liaodong, and the only outsider, Huang Erxing, was squeezed to the periphery, so he took the opportunity to open his mouth and asked out the confusion in his heart.

This question is also the confusion of most people present, Wu Sangui in the discussion with Meng Qiaofang, Ha Ha Mu set the strategy, everyone already knows, to respond to all changes, the selected place to wait for the arrival of Wang Yongqiang in northern Shaanxi is the established policy, it stands to reason that Wu Sangui should lead the army to the north of Xi'an, why came to Sanyuan County in the opposite direction, people are puzzled.

Wu Sangui smiled but didn't answer, looked at Li Benshen, and said, "Benshen can know the meaning of this king?" ”

Li Benshen, the former Li Zicheng general Gao Jie's subordinates, Gao Jie rebelled against Li Zicheng and returned to the Ming court, Li Benshen also became an official army, and later Gao Jie became one of the four towns in the north of the Ming River, before the slaughter of the city in Yangzhou by the general soldier Xu Dingguo booby-trapped, Li Benshen had no boss, simply surrendered to the Qing army in the south with the flow of Duoduo, awarded the third-class Jingqi Nihafan, this person is shrewd and capable, wise and brave, Duoduo returned to the north and lost the surrendered Han army to Wu Sangui, so Li Benshen became the subordinate of the king of Pingxi.

Hearing Wu Sangui's question at this time, Li Benshen smiled and said: "The prince is far-sighted, how dare the last general guess by himself." ”

Wu Sangui laughed, pointed at Li Benshen and said: "Ben Shen seems to have understood, seeing that this king has not said it explicitly, it is inconvenient to say it, Prime Minister, you have to learn more from your Uncle Benshen." ”

Xia Guoxiang replied respectfully: "Yes!" "Bow to Li Benshen.

Li Benshen hurriedly returned the salute, in front of Wu Sangui, he didn't dare to take a shelf.

Wu Sangui looked around and said to the generals: "Shaanxi lives in Qindi, rich and vast, Qinchuan can raise troops and raise troops in the Guanzhong Plain for eight hundred miles, according to this place, looking at the Central Plains in the east and controlling Sichuan in the west, the south can go down to the lake to fight grain in the north and collect horses in the desert, and it extends in all directions but can protect itself by living in strange dangers, it is really a treasure land of Longxing, which is precious!" ”

He rode on a horse, stood in front of the generals, waved his whip to the west, and said: "Therefore, Shaanxi must be preserved, in case the Ming army goes out of Tongguan and enters the Central Plains, if not, at that time, the ginger thieves in Shanxi will inevitably be like a tiger with wings, the situation will become more and more out of control, the good situation of the Qing Dynasty will be ruined, and our splendid future will be like flowing water, and there is no hope." ”

"Who can enter Kou Shaanxi?" He then said: "Meng Qiaofang and Hahamu thought that Wang Yongqiang in northern Shaanxi was a big trouble, and tried to suppress him. This king thinks that the trouble of Shaanxi will be in Hanzhong! ”

These words were heard in the ears of the Liaodong generals present, some were thoughtful, some frowned, and some suddenly realized, but no one spoke, they all stared at Wu Sangui in the night, listening carefully.

Only Huang Erxing, the red on his face became thicker, and he was ashamed of himself, but fortunately no one paid attention to him, so as to avoid his embarrassment.

"No matter how powerful Wang Yongqiang is, he is only a general in the past, how ambitious can he be?" Wu Sangui said disdainfully: "Seize the city and conquer the territory, no matter how big the territory is, I don't know how to operate, it is equivalent to a waste!" Compared to the thieves of the year, why bother? In contrast, Wang Huan, the chief soldier of Sichuan and Shaanxi in Hanzhong, is a big trouble. ”

Hearing this, Wang Pingfan, a big man who was five big and three thick among the generals, couldn't help but ask: "Lord Wang, the last general heard that Wang Huan is a yellow-haired boy who is less than twenty years old, and his debut in the army has only been a few years, but with the support of his godmother Qin Liangyu and the support of Wang Yingxiong, the governor of the three provinces, his reputation has spread, and he has relied on the efforts of Prince Su, taking away Hanzhong, recruiting traitors such as Mi Layin in Gansu Town, etc., all of which are planned by Wang Yingxiong, and have little to do with Wang Huan, why does the prince attach so much importance to a chick?" ”

As soon as these words came out, many people looked at Xia Guoxiang's direction intentionally or unintentionally, and they all felt that this was a wide blow, everyone knew that Xia Guoxiang was also Wu Sangui's confidant, and he was of the same age as Wang Huan, Wang Pingfan was equivalent to wrapping Xia Guoxiang in, and the speaker had no intention of listening to it, Xia Guoxiang must be embarrassed.

Xia Guoxiang didn't feel anything, maintained an open and humble look, and was silent.

Wu Sangui glared at Wang Pingfan, this Wang Dadao fought fiercely, a big knife weighing dozens of catties was vigorous, but his heart and eyes were a little less, he couldn't speak with his brain, and he often offended people inadvertently.

"Being young does not mean being incompetent, Wang Dadao, you will underestimate people when you say this." Wu Sangui reprimanded: "When Emperor Taizong followed Taizu to start an incident, he was only nineteen years old when he led the army north of Liaodong, and he was able to kill several Mongolian generals, and he could lead troops to exterminate the Jurchen Ula Department in Haixi, and his martial arts were outstanding and unrivaled, don't you know?" ”

Wang Pingfan was stunned for a moment, and his face was red and he couldn't answer, because what Wu Sangui said was the story of Emperor Taiji of the Qing court.

Huang Taiji lost his mother at the age of twelve, hunted and fought with his father and brother since he was a child, skilled in riding and archery, trained a strong will and strong spirit in blood and fire, and made great achievements for the rise of the Later Jin.

With such an example of becoming famous at a young age in front of him, of course Wang Pingfan can't refute it.

"Think about it, Wang Huan is also not more than twenty years old, but he can lead the troops in front, even if all the plans are manipulated by Wang Yingxiong who is hiding behind, but this ability to lead thousands of troops and horses is worthy of vigilance." Wu Sangui faced the generals, lowered his face and said: "Prince Su is not an incompetent person, and he has many people with outstanding wisdom and resourcefulness, why can he defeat the powerful Zhang Xianzhong in the southwest, but he can't even take a small Kuizhou general soldier?" We are all from the Ming army, and the combat power of the Ming official army is clear, just with those timid straw bales, can you block Prince Su's army? No, you can't! Wang Huan definitely has his own merits, the soldiers under his command are by no means comparable to the ordinary Ming army, he has occupied Hanzhong for a long time, and he is ready to move, and the heart of entering the Guanzhong is clearly revealed, you think about it, Wang Huan and Wang Yongqiang are compared, who is more difficult to deal with? ”

Everyone looked at each other, some nodded and some shook their heads.

Wu Sangui didn't care whether they understood his words or not, and continued with his fingers on his own: "This king set up camp in Sanyuan County, instead of marching into northern Shaanxi, for three reasons, first, the distance between this place and Xi'an is not far or close, and you can run to the city of Xi'an in two days, relying on each other, and you can keep it safe; Second, Wang Yongqiang will go south to attack Xi'an, which will definitely happen. Besides, the rabble of thieves lacks siege equipment, and it doesn't take ten days and half a month, they can't even touch the skin of the wall, with this kung fu, when he is tired, we will return to the division with a thunderous blow, and the strong army will be tired of the brigade, and Wang Yongqiang can be killed under the city in one or two moves,"

He slowly raised his third finger and said coldly: "Third, we are here, waiting for the Ming army to come out of the Qinling Mountains!" When they thought that our Qing army and the northern Shaanxi thief army were fighting endlessly and could take the opportunity to sneak attack, they ambushed the troops in all directions, surrounded and suppressed them on the side of the Qinling Mountains, solved the Ming army in Hanzhong once and for all, and let me put up the banner of the king of Pingxi at the head of Hanzhong City! ”

"At that time, we have completed the important task that Prince Su cannot complete, and the regent will definitely regret why he didn't release us earlier, and the status of Wu Sangui, the king of Pingxi, will definitely rise, and he will no longer be a captive sheep, but a wolf who is released from the outside, a wolf that dominates the world and no one can despise him!"

The eyes of everyone present were shining, as if they had seen that glorious moment, and the bright future was like a red carpet unfolding, extending on the land in front of them, leading to a prosperous and wealthy future.

And Wu Sangui set his eyes on the deep night sky, tonight is clear, the moon is bright, he took a deep breath of the night sober air, his squinted eyes were radiant, his heart was full of pride, and his fists were clenched "Gege" sounded, silently reading: Come on, Wang Huan, come to be the stepping stone on the road to my Jinjue, I know you will come. With your head and the city of Hanzhong, I can crush that orangutan-like haha wood and make an immortal achievement!

(End of chapter)